Tuesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Alexis Weissenberg, the Champagne Pianist; Proms Artist Recommends; Rob's Essential Choice: Holst: The Hymn of Jesus.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Alexis Weissenberg, The Champagne Pianist; and at 9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
Proms Artist Recommends. A chance to hear one of the three musical works recommended by an artist appearing in tonight's Prom.
10.30am
Rob's guest this week, which includes the Festival of Eid-al-Fitr, is Baroness Haleh Afshar OBE, a British professor and a life peer in the House of Lords. She is a prominent Muslim feminist, and characterises herself as a Socialist and a Shi'a Muslim. She grew up in Iran and has written extensively on the country and its politics. In the UK, she is a founding member of the Muslim Women's Network and has served on the Home Office's working groups, on "engaging with women" and "preventing extremism together". She received her OBE for services to equal opportunities.
11am
Essential Choice
Holst: The Hymn of Jesus
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Adrian Boult (conductor).
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Discover the latest three musical recommendations from today's Proms artist.
Music Played
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Anon. Country Dance
Running Footman
Performers: Ulsamer Collegium, Josef Ulsamer (director)
- DG 469 641-2.
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Johann Strauss II
Die Fledermaus: Overture
Performers: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
- SONY CLASSICAL SMK 47601.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Overture on Hebrew Themes
Performers: Melos Ensemble
- EMI 918514-2.
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9.20: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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George Gershwin
Variations on "I got Rhythm"
Performers: Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
- EMI 679086-2.
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9.30am
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Umberto Giordano
La Mamma Morta (Andrea Chenier)
Performers: Maria Callas (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin (piano)
- EMI 566696-2.
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9.35am
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Richard Strauss
Don Juan
Performers: Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
- DAL SEGNO DSPRCD050.
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9.55am
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Jean Sibelius
Romance in D flat, Op.24 No.9
Performers: Annette Servadei (piano)
- REGIS RRC 1281.
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10am: Proms Artists Recommend - John Storg氓rds
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Robert Schumann
Violin Sonata No. 3
Performers: Carolin Widmann (violin), D茅nes V谩rjon (piano)
- ECM 476 6744.
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10.20am
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Thomas Arne
Overture No.5 in D major
Performers: Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 0722.
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10.30: Haleh Afshar's Choice
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La ci darem il mano (Don Giovanni)
Performers: Cesare Siepi (bass), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic, Josef Krips (conductor)
- DECCA 478 1389.
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10.41: Haleh Afshar's Choice
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Presto Agitato (Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight')
Performers: Valentina Lisitsa (piano)
- DECCA 478 457-2.
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10.51am
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Alexander Glazunov
Spring
Performers: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
- CHANDOS CHAN 7049.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Gustav Holst
Hymn of Jesus
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Adrian Boult (conductor)
- DECCA 470 191-2.
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11.23am
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Summer Evening
Performers: Philharmonica Hungarica, Antal Dorati (conductor)
- DECCA 443 006-2.
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11.38am
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo theme, Op.33
Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
- DG 477 8167.
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